Enigma December 2018

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THE BIG WEEZ

SHEAR JOY

Mike Love of The Beach Boys did the honors on November 16 as he officially cut the ribbon to christen the opening of the National Top 40 Hall of Fame and Radio Museum located at WFLI (1070 AM and 97.7 FM). While checking out the museum Love inducted the inaugral class that included Dick Clark, Wolfman Jack and Casey Kasem.

BREAK THE BLUES

Blues guitarist and singer and former member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Coco Montoya will be strutting his stuff Tuesday, December 11 at Songbirds South (downstairs stage). Albert Collins took an early Montoya under his wings and the rest is blues history. Showtime is 9pm. ENIGMA

Showered with awards and recognition for his live and recorded musical performances, and for his achievements on screens large and small as well as the Broadway stage, Harry Connick Jr. has exemplified excellence in every aspect of the entertainment world. . Join Harry and his amazing band on tour as they celebrate New Orleans' 300th birthday and the influences that shaped his career. He’ll be playing the Tivoli Theare on December 11.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Coming here from Japan via Athens, GA is Pinkie Doodle Poodle. The high energy rock band will open for New Years Eve headliners, Behold the Brave! who will be helping usher out 2018 and welcome 2019. Bem sure to check it out to bring in the New Year with some flash. Go to jjsbohemia.com for more info.

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Dear Rocco, Do you have any big plans for the holiday season? What are you hoping for Santa to bring you or do you have any resolutions for the new year? KP

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dated never knew I had them done. Do you think I should tell my love about my “job”? GW

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m iiss ssiinngg oouu tt tthh ee bbee sstt pp eerr ssoo nn aanndd tive, and so confused. I just want to m dd aarree II ssaa yy ““ssoo uull m maattee ”” ((II hhaattee tthh aatt feel again. tteerr m m)) tthhaatt w wii llll ccoom m pp lleettee yyoouu aanndd nnoott BS oonnllyy kk eeeepp yyoouu oonn tthh ee ssttrraa iigghhtt aanndd DDeeaarr BBSS,, nnaarr rroow w,, bbuu tt aall lloo w w yyoouu ttoo ggrroo w w.. GGeett oovvee rr yy oouu rrss eellff aanndd ggeett yyoouurr hh eeaadd oouu tt ooff tthh ee ssaanndd .. FFii rrss tt,, tthh eerree ’’ss tthhii ss Dear Rocco, tthh iinngg ccaallll eedd bbaall aannccee .. YYoouu hhaavvee ttoo My neighbor next door has an hhaavvee aa hheeaa lltthhyy bbaa llaannccee ii nn yyoouurr llii ffee uncovered well. It looks like a danooff ffaam m iillyy,, ffrr iiee nndd ss,, ffaa iitthh aa nndd rree llaa-- ger to the neighborhood children. I ttii oonnss .. IIff yyoouu aarree oovveerr--dd eepp eennddee nntt oonn have asked him to cover it twice. oonnee oorr m moo rree tthh iinnggss ccaann bbee ccoo m m ee Nothing has happened. What should ttooxxiicc aanndd rruu iinn aa ggrree aatt tthh iinngg.. II ff yyoouu I do? aarree ttrruu llyy aa rree ccoovvee rrii nngg aadd ddii cctt –– SV ssoom meetthh iinngg yyoo uu w wiill ll bbee tthhee rree sstt oo ff yyoouu rr lliiffee ,, dd uurr iinngg yyoouurr ttrr eeaattm mee nntt yyoouu D D eeaarr SSVV,, sshhoouu lldd hhaavvee bb eeee nn aabb llee ttoo pp iinnppooiinntt M M iinndd yyoo uurr oo w wnn bbuu ssii nneessss .. IIff tthh ee w weellll tthh ee ccaauu ssee ooff yyoouu rr aadddd iiccttiioonn w wii tthh ii ss oo nn hhii ss pprroo pp eerrttyy aa nndd ii tt’’ss pp rriivvaa ttee ccoouu nnss eell iinngg.. GG rraanntteedd m m aannyy hhaa vvee pp rroo ppee rrttyy,, tthhee kkiidd ss aa rree ttrree sspp aassss iinngg ii ff aadddd iiccttiivvee ppeerr ssoonnaallii ttii eess tthh aatt ccaauuss ee tthh eeyy aarr ee oonn hh iiss llaanndd w wiitthh oouu tt hh iiss ppeerr -tthh eem m ttoo bb eeccoom m ee aadddd iicctteedd ttoo eevvee rryy-- m m iiss ssiioo nn.. II w w oouu lldd rree ccoom mm mee nndd hh iim m tthh iinngg ffrroom m bboo oozz ee,, ddrr uuggss,, sseecc aa nndd ggeettttiinngg aa nnoo ttrr eesspp aass ssiinngg ss iiggnn ffoo rr hh iiss eevveenn aa SSnniicckk eerrss .. OO nnccee yyoouu pp iinnppooiinntt pp rrooppee rrttyy.. IIff hhee aallll oow wss kk iidd ss oo nn hh iiss whhaatt ccaauuss eedd tthh ee aa dddd iiccttiioo nn – w – aannyy-- ll aanndd tthh eenn hhee iiss llii aabbll ee aanndd tthhee nn yy oouu tthh iinngg ffrr oom m pp eeee rr pprree ssss uurr ee,, ssttrreess ss oo rr ss hhoo uull dd aa ddvvii ssee hh iim m ffoo rr hh iiss oow wnn ss aaffee-aann aabb uuss iivvee rr eellaattii oonnss hhii pp eeiitthh eerr w wii tthh ttyy aanndd llii aabbii llii ttyy .. iim mm m eedd iiaa ttee ffaam m ii llyy oo rr aa ffoo rrm m ee rr sspp oouu ssee oorr rr eellaa ttiioonnsshh iipp tthhee nn yyoouu Rocco is a common sense, tell-itccoonnss ccii oouuss llyy aa vvooiidd ttrrii ggggee rr m m eecchh aa-- like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy nnii ssm m ss tthhaatt ccaauu ssee yyoo uu ttoo ffaall ll.. II tt’’ss nnoo offering real advice on any subject lloonnggeerr ee nnoouu gghh ttoo bb ee ““ssttrr oonngg””.. YY oouu put before him. Why pay thousands hhaavvee ttoo bb ee w wii ssee aass w weell ll.. II ff yyoo uu rr of dollars on a high-priced therapist ffrr iieenndd ss aarree ttooxxii cc,, tthh eeyy aa rree nnoott rr eeaallll yy when he’ll straighten you out for yyoouu rr ffrr iieenndd ss aanndd yyoouu ss hhoouull dd aaccqquu iirr ee free. If you’d like advice from Rocco nnee w w oo nneess.. TT hh ee ss aam mee ggoo eess w wiitthh yyoo uu rr e-mail him at ppeerr ssoonnaall rree llaattiioonnsshh iipp ss.. DDoonn’’tt bb ee goaskrocco@yahoo.com. sshhyy.. SSuurr ee bb ee aa llii ttttll ee aa pppp rreehh eennssii vvee –– tthh aatt’’ss oonnll yy nnaa ttuu rraa ll.. BBuu tt yyoouu m maayy bb ee

Dear Rocco, I am a 41-year-old - recovering addict with eight years of sobriety. I have not been in a loving relationship for over 10 years - not even “casual sex.” Work, being part of my children’s lives, and other reasons has always come first. Truthfully, I am scared to death of actually finding a mate. Everyday I rush home after work, hide away until the next morning, and repeat. Initially in my sobriety, the solitude was fine. Now I am so lonely and wish to be involved with a life-mate. I am even avoiding my women friends because I am tired of making up relationships - how sad – so I would fit in. I am intelligent, attracENIGMA

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Get back down to earth and to basics. Your reputation may be at stake if you partake in gossip. Don’t let your emotions interfere with completing your chores. Offer love and affection instead of conflict and rejection. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Unexpected bills will be impossible for you to pay. Take time to relax. Stress and pressure at home may have worn you ragged. Pleasure trips will be a form of healing for your emotional state of mind. You will be able to catch up on overdue paper work. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Get back to the comforts of cottage or home. If you can mix business with pleasure much can be accomplished. Anger could lead to problems. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Social activities that involve the whole family will be enjoyable. You’ll be tempted to spend extravagantly this month. Don’t allow personal problems to conflict with professional duties. Take a second look; difficulties with appliances, water, or electricity in your home may be evident.

Your luckiest events this month seek your advice. You have been going through a period of change will occur on a Saturday. that has caused problems for you with your loved ones. Set a limit, or LEO you’ll wind up on a tight budget. (July 23-Aug 22) Changes in your home will be positive. Property in vestments should Your luckiest events this month payoff. You can make headway in will occur on a Tuesday. the workforce if you put your mind to it. Join groups of a humanitarian SAGITTARIUS nature. You could do extremely (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) well in competitive sports events. Opportunities will develop through those you encounter while attendYour luckiest events this month ing organizational events. You can sort out any differences you have will occur on a Sunday. in an amiable manner. Visitors may be likely to drop by. Find out all VIRGO the facts before you jump to con(Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Be quiet about your intentions or clusions. ideas that might bring added cash. Direct your energy into physical Your luckiest events this month exertion. Residential moves will be will occur on a Tuesday. favorable. Talk to employers in order to promote your career CAPRICORN objectives. Resist secret affairs that (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) could be detrimental to your repu- You can make profitable investments if you purchase an art object tation. for your home. Try to avoid serious Your luckiest events this month discussions with loved ones. Get together with people who stimulate will occur on a Tuesday. you mentally. Call a good friend. LIBRA Your luckiest events this month (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Dead end projects could plague will occur on a Monday. you. You may find it difficult to communicate with someone at AQUARIUS work. Ask those in key positions to (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) help you overcome the delays and You could find yourself caught in a to support your concerns in order one sided relationship. Don’t let to move on. Don’t overspend to others take advantage of your good nature. Take time to do something impress others. nice for yourself. Put your energy Your luckiest events this month into self-improvement programs that promise to make you into a will occur on a Thursday. better you. SCORPIO Your luckiest events this month (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your diplomatic nature will help will occur on a Wednesday. you in straightening out unsavory situations. Younger relatives may PISCES ENIGMA

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(Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Stick to doing things that will make you a better person both physically and mentally. Be cautious while traveling; minor accidents are evident. Think hard before going into business with friends or family. Your emotions have been pulled out of shape and you need to do a little backtracking. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.


The Four F’s: Gifts I Am Thankful For Well it’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving has just come and went again for another year and Christmas is coming at us like a freight train. I think many people have forgotten what Thanksgiving is all about and how it got started. They just think it’s a day to be off (maybe) or to be out of school. It was first celebrated by the Pilgrims to celebrate the bringing in of the first crop in the New World (America). President Lincoln made it a federal holiday. That`s all the history I`ll get into on that. I wanted to discuss things I am thankful for in the spirit of Thanksgiving. ‘Gifts” if you will, in the spirit of Christmas.

and Betty Haskins) have played now. If you are lucky enough to the biggest part in my life devel- still have one or both of your opment. They loved, fed, encour- parents, treasure them. aged and supported me. They

also disciplined me when I needed it and rewarded me when I earned it. They helped me make life decisions and sometimes made them for me. I would later The thing I am most thankful for realize how important my paris my family. My parents (Melvin ents were. They are both gone

I had an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins on both my mother and father’s side of the family. The aunts and uncles set examples for my cousins and I, provided me with

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experiences I will remember forever. Sadly now I only have one aunt and uncle left on my mother’s side and one aunt on my dad’s side. But Aunt Betty and Uncle Wiley (Pewter) Wooten, Aunt Joyce and my fellow Civil War buff Uncle Jack Ownby all helped mold me and will also never be forgotten. My Uncle “Mac” (who died way too soon) and Frances Mcleod on my dad’s side were role models. I have a brother Lyle, who although we often fought like cats and dogs has always been there for me. I have sometimes taken him for granted but recently I have realized what he means to me. We have been on European trips, a trip out west


other parts of the world often have to fight for free elections and often die just trying to get or exercise this right. Yet here in America millions of my fellow citizens do not exercise this freedom. They take voting for granted, but disregard this right literAnother gift I am thankful for are ally paid for in blood by past my “adopted” mom and two sis- patriots. ters. My mom, Frankie, is like a mother to me and her daughters, Just my being able to write this Jennifer and Janet are like the article for the Enigma is a freedom. I can and do pick what subsisters I never had. ject I want to write about. My I am very thankful for my editor or the publisher does not friends. Whether they shoot with have to censor my writing or subme, ride motorcycles, hang out at mit it to government censors for lunch, look at stroll through car approval. I do not have to fear shows or just call or text me reprisals for the content of my every now or then I appreciate article. How many Americans their time spent with me or realize they read things written by Americans that could never be thinking of me. published in many other counA huge gift many Americans take tries? In many places criticism of for granted are our tremendous it’s leaders, promotion of other freedoms. I am grateful that I can than the governments` accepted worship whatever religion I care religion(s), criticism of governto and can freely go into a house ment policies etc. is frequently of worship. Many people do not censored or banned outright have this ability yet we as with the punishment oftentimes Americans seem to ignore the being severe. fact that this is a great liberty and freedom. Perhaps many Another huge freedom in is our Second Americans have forgotten why America the early settlers came here was Amendment right to keep and to have the ability to worship bear firearms. Unfortunately more and more states are freely. infringing on this liberty but One of the biggest freedoms we many of America’s Founding have as Americans is our right to Fathers had definite ideas on the free speech. We can openly, even ownership of firearms. George harshly, criticize our government Washington (first U.S. President) leaders vocally or in many forms said “A free people ought not of media such as print or social only to be armed but discimedia. This without fear of our plined.” in his first annual government harassing us, impris- address to both houses of oning us or even killing us. The Congress. Thomas Jefferson recent killing of the journalist offered “No free man shall ever Khasoggi in Turkey should be a be debarred the use of arms.” reminder to us that not everyone this was in his Constitutional has the ability to freely criticize draft of 1776. George Mason (who works greatly influenced the their government. Declaration of Independence” Another freedom that I think of opined that “To disarm the peoas a gift is the ability to vote in ple... is the most effective way to free elections to pick local, state enslave them.” and national leaders. People in and some trips to Vegas. I will always remember those trips as well as our childhood adventures. Let’s just say sharing a motorcycle could get dicey and a car trip to Texas was an adventure.

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Another freedom is our ability to be armed to protect ourself, our families and our loved ones. In 1803 St. George Tucker commented in Blackstone`s Commentaries on the Laws of England “This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty... The right of self defense is the first law of nature:” We have a basic right to protect ourselves and the best way to do that is with a firearm. Thankfully here in America in most places you can still own a firearm to do that. So that is a huge gift given to us by our founding fathers and our luck to be born here in the United States.

team I got to shoot sniper rifles and machine guns regularly. I counted myself very lucky indeed as I was getting paid to shoot and the ammo was provided! So in this Thanksgiving and Christmas season I am very thankful for family, friends and freedoms which include firearms. To me these are the four F’s. I think all Americans should be thankful for their freedoms if nothing else. We take our freedoms and liberties for granted far too often. You will always see me standing during the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance and bowing my head during prayer. I am thankful I can do these things in freedom. I am grateful for these gifts.

I consider myself fortunate to have been born in the South and to have grown up in a “gun culture”. I own and collect guns. I shoot them for recreation. I have shot them in competition. My Merry Christmas. chosen profession as a police officer required me to carry a - Mark Haskins firearm. As I was on the SWAT

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ignited that gasoline caught fire. We don’t believe this is what the individual intended,” Lt. Rich Security cameras outside an Chatman of Portland Fire & Rescue Oregon store were recording when said. a man attempting to siphon gas from a U-Haul truck lit his own A Texas real estate agent who hired pants on fire. Portland Fire & a pair of fitness models to pose in Rescue investigators said the U- their underwear said the pictures Haul truck and a van were found succeeded in drawing attention to engulfed in flames about 7 a.m. her listing. Kristin Gyldenege said Monday and security camera she had to get creative when the footage from a nearby store listing for the Conroe home failed recorded a man fleeing the scene to get any traction online. with his pants on fire. Investigators “Because we weren’t getting any said they determined the man had traffic. We needed to do something been trying to use tubes to steal that was out there, and really pushgas from the U-Haul truck when the ing the envelope,” she said. fuel apparently ignited. “Something Gyldenege had a pair of fitness

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models pose in their underwear in several different areas of the house. The photos were removed by the Houston Association of Realtors, but not before the listing went viral. Gyldenege, who still has some of the photos on her Instagram page, said there’s no such thing as bad publicity. She said there haven’t been any offers yet, but the listing is finally drawing attention. “We had six showings yesterday.” There’s not much of a black market for dead grandpas. Which is what makes this burglary a bit odd. The cremated remains of someone’s grandfather were stolen in

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Spartanburg, SC during a strange home burglary that saw the thieves take the ashes but leave behind the urn. The ashes were just one of several odd things taken by the burglars, who also slipped away with a selection of makeup, two frozen pizzas, a package of hot dogs, some cheese and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Sounds like a hell of a party. And the thieves did this without any signs of forced entry. The victim told investigators the deadbolt on the door was new, having been replaced just weeks ago after a break. Hmmm, I think I


might have a suspect for them. A cyclist is attempting to break a Guinness World Record by riding from California to Florida while popping a wheelie. Kurt Osburn, 49, of Las Vegas, started his backwheel ride at the Santa Monica Pier Oct. 12 and arrived Monday in Tucson, Ariz., about 500 miles into his trip. Osburn is attempting to ride to Cocoa Beach, Fla., while wheelieing — a total distance of 2,900 miles — to break his own Guinness World Record and raise money for children’s disability charities. Osburn previously entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1998, when he wheelied for 11 hours inside California’s Anaheim Convention Center, and in 1999, when he rode from Hollywood, Calif., to Orlando, Fla., in 75 days on only one wheel. Osburn said he wants to break his record by finishing his current ride in only 45 days. This is the American ingenuity that split the atom and put a man on the moon. US developers have created the world’s first oral sex robot, and

they named it Autoblow A.I. Inventor Brian Sloan said, “We used artificial intelligence to replicate techniques that make using our machine feel less robotic and more human.” They did that by studying hundreds of hours of porn. And you thought the perfect job didn’t exist. The Autoblow AI combines a microcontroller with an infrared beam sensor and magnetic field sensors to manipulate a fleshy sleeve across 250 different points along a “5-inch-long stroking plane”. It has ten speeds available, including “the full stroke”, “fast edge”, and “top & bottom stroke” and gives a “quieter experience that won’t alert people to your activities”. A Pittsburgh woman is facing several charges after allegedly throwing several cans of SpaghettiOs at another woman’s vehicle. The incident happened last month as the victim was expecting to meet with a man who was supposed to provide money for their children. The victim said when she approached the Allegheny Union Plaza building, a woman approached her and

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began throwing cans of SpaghettiOs at her vehicle. The victim said as she tried to get out of her car the suspect tried stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Police said the victim’s vehicle had a broken back window, multiple dents and was smeared with red sauce and pieces of pasta. But police said they reviewed surveillance video which appeared to show several other people involved in the incident, including a man who was apparently also throwing cans of SpaghettiOs. Police said they’re working to identify any additional suspects. When 43-year-old Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler got a divorce after 14 years of marriage she decided to have a divorce party at her father’s farm, about 25 miles west of San Antonio. This is not a completely unusual thing to do. People who were in particularly stressful marriages sometimes like to celebrate their newfound freedom. At this party Kimberly wanted to destroy some things that reminded her of her old life; primarily her wedding dress. But

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Kimberly was not content with simply throwing it on a bonfire. With the help of a demolitions expert she rigged her dress with 20 pounds of Tannerite, which is the explosive component of those explosive targets used for longer range firearms training. She honed her shooting skills with some practice before the party - because with that much Tannerite, the family wasn’t sure that shooting the dress from 100 yards away would be safe enough. But Kimberly hit the bullseye on her first shot. The resulting fireball was the size of a garage. “We were all getting messages asking if that was our explosion people were feeling and hearing around the county, up to at least 15 miles away,” Kimberly’s sister Carla said. “It was like, ‘Uh, is everything okay over there’?” The explosion she says was felt through parts of Medina County. She had about 40 guests, who all cheered when the dress was no more. “On the one hand, it was like being on set of some action movie. The explosion was huge,” Kimberly said. “It was liberating pulling that trigger. It was closure for all of us.”


CONCERT CALENDAR “Go See Live Music”

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SSA ATT UURRDDAAYY DDee cceem mbbeerr 11 SSKKYY ZZOOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TTHH EE CCOO M MEEDD YY CCAATT CC HH (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD SS SSOO UUTT HH (Chattanooga) The Breakfast Club JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Soundsystems Culture Takeover TTHH EE SS IIGGNN AALL (Chattanooga) Killswitch Engage, Born of Osiris, Crowbar, Death Ray Vision WA W ALLK KEE RR TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Eli Young Band SSTT AATTEE FFAARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Elton John VVAARRII EETT YY PPLL AAYYHH OOUU SSEE (Atlanta) Richard Thompson BBLLIINNDD W WIILLLLIIEE ’’SS (Atlanta) Albert Castiglia CCEE NNTT EERR SS TTAAGG EE (Atlanta) Myles Kennedy & Co. EEDD DDIIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Diane Durrett CCOO BBBB EENN EERRGG YY PPEE RRFFOO RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) The Piano Guys RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Martina McBride EEXXIITT //II NN (Nashville) Tyler Childers TTHH EE BBAASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) The Emo Band LLEEGG AACCYY AARREE NNAA (Birmingham) Martin Lawrence, Rickey Smiley, Jay Pharoah, Michael Blackson SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Man Or Astro-Man?, Tar, Arcwelder

SSU UNNDDAAYY DDee ccee m mbbee rr 22 SSKKYY ZZOOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTHH EE CCOO M MEEDD YY CCAATT CC HH (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad TTEE NNNN EESSSSEE EE TT HH EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Chris Tomlin D && LLII N 33RRD NDDSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The New Respects RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT OORRIIUU M M (Nashville) Brian Setzer Orchestra TTHH EE BBAASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Smallpools WIILLD W DH HO O RRSS EE SSA ALLO OO ON N (Nashville) Phil Vassar, Lonestar EEXXIITT //II NN (Nashville) Turnstile, Vein, Angel Du$t SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR

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(Nashville) Dave Barnes LLEEGGAA CCYY AARREENN AA (Birmingham) Lil Baby SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) Jordy Searcy CCOO CCAA CCOO LLAA RROOXXYY (Atlanta) Bastille, Judah & the Lion CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Jon McLaughlin

MOONNDDAAYY DDeecceem M mbbeerr 33 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTA AVVEE RRNN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) One Timers AALLAABBAA M MA A TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Birmingham) Chris Tomlin SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) Goblin TTHH EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Natalie Hemby EEXXIITT //IINN (Nashville) Kash’d Out 33RRDD && LLIINN DDSSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers VVAARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY HH OOUUSS EE (Atlanta) Kurt Vile, Jessica Pratt CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Julie Dexter

TTU U EESSDDAAYY DDeecceem mnneerr 44 TTRREE M MOONN TT TTAAVVEE RRNN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Psychic Dungeons, Stove, Maneka LLEEGGAA CCYY AARREENN AA (Birmingham) Elton John IIRROONN CCIITT YY (Birmingham) In Flames SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) Atmosphere AAVVOO NNDD AALLEE BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPN NA AYY (Birmingham) Rayland Baxter, Flora Cash VVAARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY HH OOUUSS EE (Atlanta) The Robert Cray Band CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLL A AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Warren G EEDDDD IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Erin Alvey D && LLIIN 33RRD N DDSSLLEE YY (Nashville) Richard Thompson TTHH EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Gang of Youths HHIIGG HH W WA ATT TT (Nashville) Garrett Moshier, Jude Smith, Jackson Dreyer, Beth White

WEEDDNNEESSDDAAYY DDeecceem W mbbeerr 55 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBOOHH EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, Killakeyz RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITT O ORRIIUU M M (Nashville) Vince Gill EEXXIITT //IINN (Nashville) Starlito, Bun B TTHH EE BBAASSEE M MEE N NTT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Ghost Light TTHH EE BBAASSEE M MEEN N TT (Nashville) Delta Rae CCAANN NNEERRYY BBAALLLLRROO OOM M (Nashville) Josh Garrels TTHH EE NN IICCKK (Birmingham) Lance Lopez, Kalu

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& the Electric Joint IIRROO NN CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Thievery Corporation TT EENN NNEE SSSSEEEE TT HHEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Celtic Thunder SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Leslie Odom Jr. VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Sleep/Sleep CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) OkCello

TT H HUURRSSDDAAYY DDeecceem m bbeerr 66 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TT HHEE CC OOM M EEDDYY CC AATT CCHH (Chattanooga) Reno Collier JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Preachervan, Stars Like Arrows RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill CC AANNNN EERRYY BBAALLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) Wheeler Walker Jr. 33RRDD && LLIINNDD SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Peter Bradley Adams TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Doe Paoro TT HHEE TT AABBEERRNNAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Thievery Corporation CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY A A TTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) Stephen Kellogg VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Sleep/Sleep TT EERRM M IIN NA ALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Tyler Childers EE DDDDII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Michelle Malone AATT LLAANN TTAA CC OO LLIISSEEUU M M (Duluth, GA) Jon Pardi, Alan Hambrick, Brandon Lay IIRROO NN CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Moe. TT HHEE NNIICC KK (Birmingham) Lilly Winwood VVOO NN BBRRAAUUNN CCEE NNTT EERR (Huntsville) Dweezil Zappa TT HHEE M MII LLLL && M MII N NEE (Knoxville) Albert Hammond Jr.

FFRRIID DAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 77 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane SSOO NNGG BBIIRRDDSS SS OOUUTT HH (Chattanooga) Rayland Baxter, Bendigo Fletcher TT HHEE CC OOM M EED DYY CC A ATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier TT HHEE SSIIGG NNAALL (Chattanooga) Yacht Rock Revue HH II--FFII CCLL YYDD EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Burnin Hermans TT HHEE CC OONN CCOO UURRSSEE (Knoxville) 10 Years HH AARRRRAAHH’’ SS CC HHEE RROOKKEE EE CC AASSIINN OO (Cherokee, NC) Joe Perry EE DDDDII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh SSTT AATT EE FF AARRM MA ARREE N NA A (Atlanta) Boyz II Men VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Tyler Childers SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Celtic Thunder TT HHEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Doe Paoro HH EELLLL AATT TT HH EE M MA ASSQ QU U RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) The Garden, Le1f, Machine Girl M IILLLL TT O M OW WN NM MU USSIICC H HA ALL LL (Bremen, GA) David Phelps TT HHEE CC OOW WA AN N (Nashville) Vista Kicks TT HHEE RROOW W (Nashville) Vista Kicks TT HHEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEA ASSTT (Nashville) Smooth Hound Smith CC AANNNN EERRYY BBAALLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) Lanco, Travis Denning M EERRCC YY LL O M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Arlie ZZ YYDD EECC OO (Birmingham) Bun B

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Wednesday Featuring JoJo Hermann of Widespread Panic December 8 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Parker Millsap December 8 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 8 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Pale Rider, Tourist Trap, Bongsloth December 8 HII --FFII CCLLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Jess Goggans Band December 8 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) DJ ZeRowe, DJ Chi, Warsaw December 8 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) The Crystal Method December 8 TT H HEE CCO OW WAAN N (Nashville) Atmosphere December 8 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Jorja Smith December 8 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) John Oates December 8 CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Lauren Daigle, The War And Treaty December 8 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) Vista Kicks December 8 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Eric Gales December 8 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TT H H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell December 8 CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL AATT BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Brian Setzer Orchestra December 8 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) John Oates December 8 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier December 9 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Moe. December 9 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 9 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TT H H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell December 9 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Flint Eastwood December A 9 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Jorja Smith December 9 BBA ARRLLEEYY ’’ SS TT AAPPRRO OO OM M (Knoxville) Jill Andrews December 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Andrew Peterson December 9 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Celtic Thunder December 10 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Jerry Lee Lewis December 10 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Steven Wilson December 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Andrew Peterson December 10 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Tom Morello December 10 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Coco Montoya December 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Underwear Comedy Show December 11 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Harry Connick Jr. December 11 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Kris Allen December 11 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Erika Jayne December 11 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TT H H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Three On A String December 11 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Luke Combs December 11 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) Tom Morello December 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Cloud Nothings, Ican Japan, The Courtneys

December 12 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “Beauty Of Ra Spiritual” December 12 HEE LLLL A H ATT TT H HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Otep December 12 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) O.A.R., Brynn Elliott, Jesse McCartney December 12 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Khruangbin December 12 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Rufus Wainwright, Rachel Eckroth December 12 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Mannheim Steamroller December 12 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Derek Minor, Mike Floss, Canon December 12 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott December 13 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Nathan Angelo, Ryan Horne, Dwayne Shivers December 13 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Underoath December 13 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Wayne “The Train” Hancock December 13 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Weeks December 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Jimmy Vivino, Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin December 14 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott December 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Lewis and Clark, Zachery Scout, Husley, Better Thieves December 14 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Stolen Faces December 14 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Slim Pickins, Barefoot Nellie & Co., The Foothills, Dovetail Trio February 14 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Nathan Angelo, Ryan Horne, Dwayne Shivers December 14 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) “Power 96.1’s Jingle Ball” Shawn Mendes, Calvin Harris, G Eazy, Marshmello, Bazzi, Alessia Cara and Sabrina Carpenter December 14 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Brett Young, Tyler Rich December 14 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) OTEP, Clay People, The World Over December 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Weeks December 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott December 15 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) PLVNET December 15 HII-- FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Get Right Band December 15 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Dave Barnes December 15 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Soccer Mommy December 15 TTH H EE W WA ARREEH HO OU USSEE (Clarksville, TN) Otep December 15 CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Yacht Rock Review December 15 SSA ATT U URRN N (Nashville) Big Freedia December 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEE D DYY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) David Scott December 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Dallas Walker December 16 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Whitechapel, Oceano, Chelsea Grin December 16 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Jackson Galaxy December 16 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Charlie Worsham December 17

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SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRM M SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Michael W. Smith December 18 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 18 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Open Mic Night December 19 TTH H EE CC O ON N CC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Copper, Mass Driver, Annandale December 19 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Asleep At the Wheel December 19 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 19 TTH H EE CC O ON N CC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Copper, Mass Driver, Annadale December 19 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “Home For The Holidays” December 20 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Shady Recruits December 20 LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 20 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham Jump Little Children December 20 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) North Mississippi Allstars December 20 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Fly By Radio December 21 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “Home For The Holidays” December 21 HII--FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Misnomer December 21 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) North Mississippi All-Stars December 21 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Howie Day December 21 LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 21 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Masseuse, Space Kadet December 22 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “Home For The Holidays” December 22 HII--FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Over Easy December 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Jane Lynch, Tony Guerrero Quintet, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis December 22 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) The Weepies December 22 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section December 22 LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 22 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band December 22 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Reverend Horton Heat, Junior Brown, Big Sandy, The Blasters December 22 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) “Home For The Holidays” December 23 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Roast of Santa December 23 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jane Lynch, Tony Guerrero Quintet, Kate Flannery, Tim Davis December 23 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton December 23 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Francine Reed, Joe Gransden December 23 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Macy Gray December 23 LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 23 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) David Ryan Harris December 27 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shang, D.J Sandhu, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 28

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SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Jimmy Hall and friends featuring Kenny Greenberg December 28 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Jess Goggans Band, Stephen Busie Band December 28 CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL AATT BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Frankie Valli December 28 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Charlie Wilson December 28 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Corey Smith December 28 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ December 28 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Electric Avenue December 29 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shang, D.J Sandhu, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 29 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) 3 Star Revival, Hive Theory December 29 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) George Clinton & The Parliament Funkadelic December 29 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) The Velcro Pygmies December 29 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Jade Cicada December 29 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Corey Smith December 29 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Umphrey’s McGee, Tauk December 29 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Devon Allman Project, Duane Betts December 29 CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL @ @ BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Charlie Wilson December 29 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shang, D.J Sandhu, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 30 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show December 30 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEEYY (Nashville) Paul Thorn December 30 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Devon Allman Project, Duane Betts December 30 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Paul Childers Band presents Chuck Berry, BB King, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn December 31 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies December 31 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Behold the Brave, Pinkie Doodle Poodle, Sweettalker December 31 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Shang, D.J Sandhu, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 31 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Here Come the Mummies December 31 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Blackberry Smoke December 31 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) John Prine, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Iris DeMent December 31 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Unknown Hinson December 31 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Papadosio December 31 NAASS H N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Moon Taxi December 31 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Luke Combs, Lanco Jameson Rodgers December 31 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Anderson East, Susto, The Brummies CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) The Roots December 31

TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Umphrey’s McGee December 31 VVEE N NK KM MA AN N’’ SS (Atlanta) Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics December 31 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Larkin Poe December 31 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Dan Baird December 31 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Kishi Bashi December 31 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Anderson East, Susto, Brummies December 31 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Angioe Aparo January 2 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Rehab January 3 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Conya Doss January 3 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) “Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts Dirty Details Tour” January 4 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Rehab January 4 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Rubiks Groove January 5 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Snoop Dogg January 5 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Jake “The Snake” Roberts January 5 SSPPRRIIN NG GW WA ATT EERR SSU U PPPPEERR CC LLU UBB (Nashville) Jake “The Snake” Roberts January 6 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Willie Nelson & Family January 7 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Alejandro Escovedo, Don Antonio January 8 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Richard Lloyd January 9 SSTT A ATTEE FFA ARRM MA ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Justin Timberlake January 10 TTH H EE LL O OFFTT (Atlanta) Ashlee Simpson & Evan Ross January 10 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Kane Brown January 10 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Morgan Wallen January 10 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Willie Nelson January 10 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gregory Alan Isakov January 10 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Tennessee Dead January 11 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A PPLLA AZZ A A (Nashville) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band January 11 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Ashlee Simpson, Evan Ross January 11 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Eric Gales January 11 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Morgan Wallen January 11 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Tennessee Dead January 12 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) Steep Canyon Rangers January 13 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Jesse McCartney January 14 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Jesse McCartney January 15 TTH H EE CC O OW WA AN N (Nashville) Silverstein, As Cities Burn, Hawthorne Heights January 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ronnie Milsap January 16 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Liz Longley, Sarah Peacock January 16 TTH H EE EE A ARRLL (Atlanta) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion January 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Greensky Bluegrass January 17 TTH H EE CC O OW WA AN N (Nashville) Mallrat January 17

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BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Scotty McCreery January 17 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) “Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven’s Campout” January 17 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS N NO O RRTT H H (Chattanooga) Caitlin Canty, Oshima Brothers January 18 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Lenox Hills January 18 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) The Devil Makes Three January 18 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Fort Atlantic January18 TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Pete Yorn January 18 WAALLK W KEERR TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Art Garfunkel January 19 TTH H EE SSIIG GN NAALL (Chattanooga) Stairway to Zeppelin January 19 HAARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Air Supply January 19 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) The Devil Makes Three January 19 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) The Katies, Cusses January 19 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Pete Yorn January 19 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) The Beach Boys January 20 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Devil Makes Three January 20 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Noname January 21 LLEEG GAA CCYY AARREEN N AA (Birmingham) Metallica, Jim Breuer January 22 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 22 TTH H EE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) 10 Years, ’68 January 22 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 23 NAASSH N H VVIILL LLEE M MU UN NII CCIIPPAALL AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Bring Me the Horizon January 23 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Lake Street Dive, Mikaela Davis January 23 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Jane Monheit January 23 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) A$AP Rocky January 23 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Metallica, Jim Breuer January 24 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Shawn Colvin January 24 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Crash Test Dummies January 24 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Greensky Bluegrass January 24 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Marco Benevento January 24 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Whiskey Myers, Bones Owens January 24 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) Overland Express January 25 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Cher January 25 AII SSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Marco Benevento January A 25 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Jim Brickman January 25 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Andy Frasco & the U.N. January 25 FFIIRRSSTT BBA APPTTII SSTT CCH HU URRCC H H (Nashville) Kirk Cameron, Matt Hammitt January 25 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON N EE AARREEN N AA PPLLAAZZ AA (Nashville) Panic! At the Disco, Two Feet January 25

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If she were still alive, Marilyn Monroe would be 93 years old. If Elvis were still alive he would be 83. Some people die at the right time to ensure their legacies.

market the team and draw a of them in town. crowd? Can they screw up the downtown Have you noticed on TV when they roads any more? Never know from show a police chief or sheriff they day to day what’s closed and what’s are all wearing stars on their col- open. lars? Some as many as 5 — what do they think they are, WWII gener- Why didn’t any of our local elected als? Come on, get real. One is officials go greet the President more than enough. when he was in town? Shame.

How many illegals are we expecting? Seems like we are building enough apartments for them (maybe they will open more what I mean. Mexican restaurants and make Lawyers who run ads are making a craft beer). fine profession look cheap. No, I Can you believe people are moving haven’t been hit by a big truck. into the chicken zone smell area?

Tell me it’s not true, please don’t When will the people who promote let Hillary run again. UTC football games learn how to Do you have to pass any test to be a tattoo artist? There sure are a lot The implosion is coming, remember you read it here first. How can a car company that has never made a profit be worth more than Ford Motor Company? Don’t you wish your family loved you as much as your dog does? Can’t believe what a-holes both the Democrat’s and the Republican’s politicians are. Makes me miss George Wallace and the Dixiecrats. Why were the parking Nazis writing parking tickets on a Saturday around the UTC football game? We need to put those Nazis on the road and the city take it back. Stay off the interstate going through Brainerd after 4 o’clock until 6- it’s always a traffic jam. CNN is a shame. I would rather watch paint dry than the jerks on that station. They are slowly stealing the beach in Daytona. You will not believe what they have done. I’m still not a Walmart fan. Where do all those ugly people come from? I’m so sick of political ads. They’re are all B.S. Do some of the people who make craft beer taste their own product? Some of it tastes used... you now ENIGMA

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Just checked— President Trump is still our President. Really sick and tired of people playing the race card. Quit keeping it alive. Until Next Month, Paul Burke Sr.



It Pays to Know Nolan Carroll Nolan Carroll is like a lot of football players his age. He’s already looking past the gridiron and quite frankly the game is not the only thing on his plate. The former fifth round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in 2010 out of Maryland has spend time with the Eagles and Cowboys as well. Currently a free agent, the 6’ 11” 202 pound cornerback comes across as not worried about his football career. Like many players his age football is not his only priority. His most recent project is a phone app called Yoo Troo (available in both the Apple and Android app store). Yoo Troo is a free app that actually puts money in your pocket with no strings attached. All you have to do is watch commercials through the app. It’s that simple. There will also be plenty of coupons to redeem as well and lots of other perks. Nolan took time out of his schedule to talk about life outside of football as well as his picks for the Super Bowl.

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Retro Cafe

Former Dolphin, Eagle and Cowboy Nolan Carroll recently launched his new app that pays you to watch commercials on your mobile device.

I’ve listened to coaches and those things can hurt you when you’re in the league and a young guy coming in trying to fight for the team and don’t have that kind of discipline to do what you’re asked and to do your job. It’ll come back and bite you in the butt.

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Definitely it’s a good thing. When you’re done with football people kind of forget about you. They don’t see without you helmet and what team you played for. Without football people aren’t going to see you the same way. The whole thing of social media has made guys see outside of football field, which I think is a great thing. Then it comes down to guys are tired of getting hurt and not getting paid enough for really getting hurt. You have a 100 percent injury rate and in the last five year it’s been big name guys. Last year J.J. Watt went down, Odell Beckham Jr. went down. There were just a number of big name


guys that went down – Aaron Rodgers. That just shows you that anybody is susceptible to getting injured and guys realize this and they have a window where they have to make everything count. They have a window where they can use their name to set themselves up outside of football. Back in the day everything was all about football and even when you were away from football it was to train to get ready for the game. I think guys are starting to realize that the game is brutal. One guy comes in and there are five others trying to take your place in that position. It’s a revolving door as far as players coming in and out. Guys see that and knowing hat the money we’re getting is not like NBA money that’s guaranteed. You se guys with contracts of one or two years and you break it down after taxes, agencies and everything else, it’s really not that much as it’s portrayed to be. You realize that off the field there’s a lot more opportunities to be had and you can find someone and be a brand ambassador for them or be the face of something. Guys are now starting to capitalize on that. And that’s why you see guy are not hesitating anymore to walk away from the game. Anything they can bring in will last and use the platform as best as they can for something off the field.

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All you do is click on what advertising that’s on there and watch it maybe five seconds – it’s not super long – it’s like 30 seconds. It’s something that’s short and there’s money in your wallet. You figure a lot of people are on Instagram. The average person spends four or five hours a day on Instagram. So why not just take 10 or 15 minutes out of your day to watch 10 or 15 ads and get some money coming in your pocket? It’s convenient. It’s a new way of helping the consumer at the same time showing their products – even smaller businesses that don’t necessarily get exposure. Added exposure because you paid to look at these and you may run Carroll was drafted out of Maryling in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL draft by across something. There’s somethe Miami Dolphins. their doorstep. You see so many always something that will have thing for everybody with this app. apps that do that. So I kind of your interest – and you get paid moonnee yy aa ccccuum muullaa tteedd,, ii ss iitt aa changed my mindset to that. on top of it. It’s definitely a win- TThhee m c c y y b b e e r r c c u u r r r r e e n n c c y y l l i i kkee BBii ttccooii nn oorr aa You’ve got Uber now, Instacart, win. c c u u r r r r e e n n c c y y t t h h e e y y c c a a n n oonnllyy uuss ee w w iitthhii nn you have Uber Eats – you’ve got t t h h e e a a p p p p o o r r m m o o n n e e y y t t h h e e y y c c a a n n l l ii tteerr aall -–w w hhiicchh iiss aa all these different things that peo- TThhee uuss eerr ooff tthhee aapppp – l l y y p p u u t t i i n n t t h h e e i i r r p p o o c c k k e e t t ? ? w aattcchh ple don’t necessarily have to or ffrr ee ee aapppp tthhee yy ggee tt ppaa iidd ttoo w don’t want to do things them- tthhee aaddss oorr ggoo tthhrr oouugghh tthhee ooffffeerr ss?? It’s money you can literally put in selves because it’s a more convenient thing for it to come to their doorstep. It’s similar to that. What it is is you’re basically getting paid to watch ads. When you think about it, when you get all these coupons and things in the mail and these businesses paid thousands of dollars and you basically not looking at these coupons coming in, they don’t now if they reach you or not as far as seeing what they’re doing. Yoo Troo give you an opportunity and your business an opportunity to see what type of traffic and who’s looking at their ads, getting them exposure. And on top of that, the consumer is getting paid to watch these ads. It’s a win-win in a sense that everybody gets something out of it. So I think this is something that’s definitely different. It’s convenient; it helps everybody. If you’re a college kid and you don’t have a job it helps put money in your pocket. You can make close to $3,000 a month watching ads. There are enough advertisements and interests there. It’s like Groupon except you get paid for it. There is ENIGMA

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your pocket. You can put money on your card and next year you can go to an ATM and have the money put into your bank account. It’ll make it more convenient for everybody. Whhaatt bbuuss iinnee ssss eess hhaavv ee yy oouu bbee eenn W aabbll ee ttoo ggee tt ii nnttee rree ssttee dd iinn tthhee aa pppp?? It’s not just limited to mom-andpop shops. You can have Walmart, you can have Apple – it’s everything. There’s everything you can think about as far as advertisements. People are now just seeing the traffic. Right now it’s something new. People are thinking, “How are businesses going to pay me to watch advertising?” It’s as simple as that. There’s no change in task. It’s all the advertising. The business wants you to see their product – Walgreens, Publix – all these corporations are pouring money into advertising because that’s how they get their customers. If it’s on your phone – you have your phone with you 90 percent of the time anyway, so why not look at it? There are different ways you can set up your phone depending on what your interests are. If you have something that you like it will switch to something that you like. It might be a new restaurant that just opened up. If you see it’s in your area, you might want to check it out. They see the traffic of the people going through the app. It helps the smaller businesses trying to get seen with big corporations all around the area in the United States – it just helps them.

First and foremost it’s secure. You can put your card information – your bankcard or debit card; you just load it in there. You can set it up however you want to. It’s safe and secure. It’s strictly for money going in your wallet. It’s not for anything else. Whhee nn ddiidd yyoouu ooffffiicc iiaa llll yy ll aauunncchh tthhee W YYoooo TTrroooo aapppp??

Carroll is curently a free agent last suiting up for the Cowboys in 2017. With all his business interests outside of the sport he’s been setting his priorities elsewhere.

got money for looking at that ad. There will be a coupon if you want to redeem it click on the home address and go from there and see if you like it and want to try it out.

your card. There are so many different things you can do with this app. There are so many things you can do with this app to help people and businesses that are looking at the app to get ideas.

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It’s not just online, you can go in the store and use the coupon. You come in you go to the register and show them the coupon. You can use the coupon from your phone; it’s the same thing. You get 10 percent off or 20 percent off when you show the coupon. You come in and you get 20 percent off or if you see it online and you get paid for using the app. If you want to order online just go TThheess ee aa rree vvii ddeeoo aa ddss – – nnoott jj uusstt from there. ss ttaattii cc ccllii cckk tthhrr oouugghh aa ddss?? AArr ee aannyy ooff tthhee ssee ooffffee rrss eexx cclluuss iivv ee It’s like Groupon. You click on it. ttoo yyoouurr uussee rrss ?? It show you information on the website. It might have a discount They work hand in hand. The like 10 or 20 percent – whatever it businesses are sending it to you to might be. You scroll down to the see the discounts. It’s for the user business and what it is. It shows basically. If you sign up it’s giving you the address. It shows you you that discount on it you see in everything in there. You’ll see a the ad. There are different perks red bar come across near the bot- we’re going to have eventually tom of your screen that says, “I down the road like if you sign up got it”. Basically that’s saying you five people you get $10 added to ENIGMA

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It was initially introduced in May and then it was put on pause because I had other things I was doing – projects and such. My partner basically had me launch it again because of all the other projects. So we decided to launch it again in August. And now it’s just growing. It was growing before but we finished up everything we wanted to do and I think by the end of the year it will real-



ly be a strong presence as far as what you see in the app store and what you see as far as people downloading it and using it. It really hasn’t been advertised. People see the name – it’s a unique name – different from the other ones you see. They’ll definitely want to know what it’s all about and have an interest in it.

income and interest. You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket. I’m from Jacksonville, Florida so what I’ve always wanted to do is something for kids. Around from where I’m from there’s really nothing for kids. They have to travel; families especially. I live in a small town called

but not where it needs to be compared to other big towns around in the state of Florida and Georgia. There’s no reason why Jacksonville shouldn’t be considered like an Orlando or Tampa – or even a Valdosta or Savannah. In Miami and Fort Lauderdale you have the potential to do that but I

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Brandin Cooks on offense. They’re definitely explosive. I think they’ll do some damage. Whoever wins out of that division I think will be in the Super Bowl. And obviously always in the AFC it’s going to be the Patriots. No matter what happens it’s always them. Brady is amazing. It doesn’t matter who else is around him.

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Green Cove Springs about 25 minutes away from downtown Jacksonville. And everything is in Jacksonville going towards the beach. That’s another 35-40 minute drive from where we live. There’s nothing around here at all. What the plan is, is to put an indoor adventure park in my hometown. I’m in the works with dad to find the best location that will benefit everybody in my hometown to have something that’s big and new where everybody can partake in it. It’s not just for kids, but for all families. There’s nothing like that in my hometown. It’s building slowly

don’t think anyone has taken the initial start to doing anything. If I do it then everybody will catch on. That’s been my plan and that’s something I wanted to do for the past 20 years, but now that I’ve had the time I want to sit back and plan my life and that’s what I’m geared towards – trying to do that. I’ve been offering help with my brother’s clothing line. It’s called LA Rebel. He was always wanting to get in get in the artist’s world, so I’ve been helping him; pushing him along, getting it going and get started. It’s pretty neat. It’s not only taken off, it’s doing well. I’ve had my hand in a bunch of different things as far as business-wise. I’m in a place now where I can get it to where it needs to be.

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I hear you. I had to play them when I was down here, so I know too much about them. He just makes things work. I don’t know how he does it. I’ve got Pittsburgh in spite of that whole Le’Veon Bell situation. They’ll be decent. I think it’s a toss-up after those two teams. Everybody is getting on the bandwagon of the Browns because of how they’re looking but at the end of the day… the Houston Texans. DeShaun Watson’s back. Guys with an injured ACL, you’ve got to see the next year how they can take a hit and they’re pushing that. We’ll see how he gets hit and rattled during the rest of the season. I don’t really see Kansas City in spite of [Patrick] Mahomes. With all that being said I think it’s between the Patriots and between the Rams or Eagles. You might see a rematch. I don’t know.

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Lindsey Buckingham Brings the Big Love With Him “2018 had been a year of surprises”, Lindsey Buckingham said as he nervously laughed after while addressing a full house at the Walker Theatre. Everyone in attendance knew one of the surprises he was referring to was his parting company with Fleetwood Mac.

Nicks was hot at one point but the more and more I listened to Fleetwood Mac I realized he wrote most of my favorite songs of the band – and there are a lot to choose from. Fleetwood Mac is and always was a hot mess. You needed a scorecard at one point to keep up with the multiple breakups, Next to Mick Fleetwood, hooks up and every kind of Buckingham was always my drama going through the band. favorite. Sure I thought Stevie As a kid I was oblivious to it, it

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lyrics and had that, “Oh now I know what they’re singing about moment.” Buckingham added a feather to his cap with me by providing the theme to “National Lampoon’s Vacation”. I know no one who not only can make multiple quotes from the movie, but sing along as well. The song to me showed a lighter side to Buckingham because of all the serious work with the Mac. Over the years members came and went from the band and eventually returned including Buckingham. But if it wasn’t for him and Nicks joining the band in the mid ‘70s, Fleetwood Mac would still be ENIGMA

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n’t for those two I might have never heard of Fleetwood Mac. They are as much of the band as their two founders from whom the band gets their name. Needless to say I wasn’t happy about the news he alluded to earlier. I don’t know the reason why; I just hope they didn’t take his contributions for granted the way I did until a few years ago. Yeah, I love the Mac and I even like Buckingham’s solo work. To me he was always a great singer and songwriter. It wasn’t until a few years ago I realized I had taken something else for granted involving him. Lindsey Buckingham is a guitar


Sow. Of course I got giddy when he performed “Holiday Road” like a drunken frat guy. Hey, it’s okay to go down memory lane sometimes. And that was what the night was about anyway. The band then performed “Tusk”. Despite being a longtime fan of the band (although I never read that much about them on my own), I didn’t realize it was one of his compositions. The original had heavy percussion and I kind of credited it to Mick Fleetwood. It didn’t really matter to me. At the time I was hungry for new Fleetwood Mac material. It didn’t matter

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god. I got to see he do an acoustic solo show a few years ago and couldn’t help but focus on his hands as he played guitar. There are a lot of great guitarists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and there are plenty of others that constantly have praised heaped upon them. Buckingham, in my humble opinion rates up there with the best ever. I never knew. I do know and have a greater appreciation now for his contributions to Fleetwood Mac but popular music in general. This evening was no different. Buckingham was electric and came with a full band to perform. Buckingham was surprisingly talkative and entertaining. A lot of times someone fronting a band’s banter is just about the next song or the inspiration behind it and often trite. The singer looked to enjoy himself conversing with the crowd, as it seemed genuine and not forced.

After opening with “Don’t Look Down” and “Go Insane”, Buckingham after talking about it being a year of surprises let everyone know this was going to be basically a “best of” show or anthology. Sure enough one song after another that was highly recognizable came from the stage. Often again I found myself watching his hands as he put on a guitar clinic especially on songs like “Trouble”. About halfway through the set he started to introduce his Fleetwood Mac songs. I wasn’t sure if he would do any with him leaving the band, but these were his songs and they are signature songs whether played by the band or solo. He did two songs back-to-back, first “Never Going Back Again” off of Rumour’s followed by “Big Love” off of Tango in the Night. Then it was back to solo material like “In Our Own Time” off of 2011’s Seeds We ENIGMA

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who wrote it. His band did a fine job with the song, but the percussion wasn’t as heavy as in the original, which in my humble opinion made the song. That was followed by “I’m So Afraid” from his first album with Fleetwood Mac (self-titled album) and then the song I consider their signature song (and a personal favorite), “Go Your Own Way” where his guitar work was showcased once again. After a small break he came out for a twosong encore of “Turn It On” and “Treason”. It was interesting to watch the



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crowd this evening. When I saw him a few years ago the crowd was seated the whole time – kind of a sedate crowd. I guess it was appropriate. Of all the hundreds of rock shows I’ve been to that was the only one I’ve ever witnessed that. Not on this particular evening people were standing and one woman as pumping her arms in pure ecstasy. I get it. I was with you sister. Leaving the show I heard an older couple in front of me complaining about her flailing around. I just have a little advice for that couple – it’s okay to get old; just don’t act old. In Buckingham’s own words, just “go your own way”.

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Surrender the Rain Not Too Late Doing What I Can Trouble I Must Go Street of Dreams Shut Us Down Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac song) Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song) In Our Own Time Slow Dancing Soul Drifter Holiday Road Tusk (Fleetwood Mac song) I’m So Afraid (Fleetwood Mac song) Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac song)

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Psychedelic Furs - Love Their Way I can still remember the cold winter evening that I went to the Record Bar searching through all the titles and found a gem titled Talk Talk Talk. It was by a band called the Psychedelic Furs. I remember struggling to get open that impossibly tight shrink-wrap as I shivered in the winter cold in my old car. As soon as I slid the cassette into my stereo the ferocity “Pretty In Pink” blared through the speakers and I was sold. It was post-punk at its best (at least to my limited knowledge at best at the time) and Richard Butler’s gravel-voiced singing epitomized what a punk rock vocalist should sound like. In my humble opinion at the time he sounded exactly like his likeness on the tape cover. Before long I even heard it on the radio (ironically KZ-106). As was the case with cassettes – especially ones I owned got worn out. That was followed by, Forever Now and my personal favorite song of theirs, “Love My Way”. I remember watching it on MTV constantly and when the album came out (the single was released before the album) I ran to my

on MTV (when they were actually relevant) that the band decided shorten their name to “The Furs” so people wouldn’t confuse their punk rock style with a hippie band

forever be tied to John Hughes. Our favorite place to see a band at this time was Yesterday’s. Every week Denny Hennen would post in the entry to the club each band’s

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or something (I don’t quite remember how Alan Jackson put it). Before long everyone was listening to the Furs (that didn’t catch on and they kept the “Psychedelic” part).

playlist. We would study it looking for Psychedelic Furs songs and usually found one. Other songs we would look for were “Blister In the Sun,” “I Want to be Sedated”, What

Then the world was turned on to the Psychedelic Furs in 1986 thanks to the John Hughes’ movie Pretty In Pink where the song was the title track appropriately

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I Like About You”, “Don’t Change” (which The Bucks killed – Eddie Pontiac for president! and anything by U2. By the late ‘80s and into the early ‘90s the Furs seemed to be more and more mainstream. So much so they took an abrupt hiatus. Butler formed Love Spit Love that sounded similar to the Furs but more alternative and less punk (with the exception of Butler’s vocals). During the ‘90s they had a decent response from college radio before the Psychedelic Furs decided to reform in 2000 and have been going strong since. I’ve gotten to see the band a number of times since reforming including their stop in Chattanooga at the Walker Theatre. I never get tired of seeing them. Over 40 years in existence and the Furs remain a true


“Pretty In Pink”. The band finished the night with the “Heaven” an eerily political song most confuse with its upbeat rhythm and title. After a brief pause the band came on stage for a two song encore. The Furs finished the night with their signature single, “Pretty In Pink” and finished the night with “India” off their selftitled debut album.

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post-punk classic. Pseudo political songs like “President Gas” reign as true as when they were first released in 1981. Unlike a lot of bands the band’s catalog remains relevant and fresh as the band played such classics (to me and their devoted fans like; “She Is Mine”, “Heartbreak Beat” and “Sister Europe”. Even the band and butler have aged well. I guess you could say he grew into his voice. Unlike other older bands Butler has gotten better looking as

he’s aged and doesn’t look like a parody of himself like some bands on revival tours. A mature Richard Butler is even grittier and more punk than ever. Sax player Mars Williams was featured heavily during the set as his playing added a jazzier feel to the post-punk classics. At times it was almost as is Williams was the centerpiece of the band but Butler took any notion of that away when he sang “Dumb Waiters” and

Before, during and after the show I saw not only a lot of familiar faces (one local prominent attorney) and a lot of young girls who were in the aisles dancing along. I’ve never seen anyone dance at a Psychedelic Furs concert – at least not like this, but anything goes these days. A good time was obviously had by all. Thhee PPss yycchhede li c Furs Setl is t T Heartbeat Sister Europe Dumb Waiters Highwire Days The Ghost in You Into You Like a Train She Is Mine Heartbreak Beat Until She Comes Mr. Jones President Gas Love My Way No Easy Street Only You and I Heaven Ennccoorree : E Pretty in Pink

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The Beach Boys Bring A Reason For the Season The Beach Boys are one of those bands I’ve always taken for granted. They’ve been around my whole life and I’ve heard all their songs a million times. I remember as a kid attending my friend Eric’s birthday party and singing, “Help Me Rhonda”. Eric had an older sister named Rhonda and I though she was cute, especially when she was wearing her private school uniform. And unlike other bands from the ‘60s they never went away or knew when to go away. I know that sounds rude but sometimes you have to miss something to really appreciate it. ©Dave Weinthal

When I was in school every band that played the frat house or any of the neighboring frat houses always played a Beach Boys song

or two. A common theme in college for parties was a “beach party” and because of that I overdosed on Beach Boys songs. To

be honest, in hindsight I’ve probably heard more bands sing Beach Boys than I heard done by The Beach Boys. My senior year in college The Beach Boys played during Homecoming Week. I didn’t attend then and quite honest only once or twice ever thought

only original touring member in the band – or at least I should say founding member. Bruce Johnston, who’s been with the band since ’65 and might as well be considered a founder, was in tow as well. I was still apprehensive about going to the show. It was entitled, “Reason For the Season”, a Christmas themed show. That was fine. I’ve heard a few Beach Boys’ Christmas songs in the past and like them all. I was just worried first of all about the people coming to the show. I equate the fans of The Beach Boys the way I do fans of Jimmy Buffet. Maybe it has been all the “beach” parties I’ve been to over the years. I picture Corona swilling idiots wearing Hawaiian shirts, cheap sunglasses and flip-flops. Fortunately it’s cold outside so people had to dress weather appropriate. Also with 29 albums to their name, the hardcore fans

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that show up for these shows about seeing them after all these years. A few years back I saw Brian Wilson in concert and started to get interested again as they hit their 50th anniversary. I knew had to go see them in concert because I had to honestly think how man more chances will I get to go see them? I decided to go see them at the Tivoli Theatre and did not know what to expect. Mike Love is the ENIGMA

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always want to hear the obscure songs and deep cuts. That pr they want to hear the most stereotypical Beach Boys song there is. However, there are a ton of them.

like “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, “Surfer Girl”, songs it was back to the hits. “Little Deuce Coupe” and to finish Love brought his son Christian on stage as he told the background the first set, “I Get Around”. story on the song “God Only Being billed as the reason for the Knows” and was originally sung season the second set that was by the late Carl Wilson. For this dedicated to the Christmas sea- song Christian sang lead for his son. The second set started with late cousin as his father joined in “Frosty the Snowman” a crowd backing vocals. From there they favorite and continued with other finished their second set with Christmas standards like “White “Sloop John B”, “Wouldn’t It Be Christmas” and “I’ll Be Home for Nice”, “California Girls”, Barbara Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)”. Ann”, “Kokomo” and “Good The set included songs seasonal Vibrations”. After a brief break songs written by Love that were The Beach Boys came out for an performed live for the first time encore of “Reason For the ever this night. Chattanooga was Season” that had everyone dancing in the isles and finishing the night with the appropriate for the theme of the night, “Fun, Fun, Fun”.

In My Room All the Love in Paris (Mike Love song) Unleash the Love (Mike Love song) Don’t Worry Baby Little Deuce Coupe 409 Shut Down I Get Around

Se t 2: S Frosty the Snowman (Gene Autry cover) I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) (Bing Crosby cover) Celestial Celebration (Mike Love song) (Premiere: First time ever) Must Be Christmas (Mike Love song) (Premiere: First time ever) Finally It’s Christmas (Mike Love song) (Premiere: First time ever) And I had fun, fun, fun all night White Christmas (Bing Crosby and my daddy didn’t take my T- cover) The Man With All the Toys Bird away. Santa’s Beard The Bea ch Boy s Se tll is t Little Saint Nick God Only Knows Set 1: Sloop John B (traditional] cover) ©Dave Weinthal Do It Again Wouldn’t It Be Nice Surfin’ Safari California Girls Barbara Ann (The Regents cover) the first to hear “Celestial Catch a Wave Celebration”, “Must Be Christmas” and “Finally It’s Christmas”.

With Christmas trees adorning each side of the stage the “Boys” took the stage and for the next couple of hours I was a kid again listening to AM Top 40 even catching myself singing along and checking around me to see if anyone was paying attention to my self-indulgence. They were too busy singing along as well. One after another one song we all seemed to know the words by heart were played by The Beach Boys. One hit after the other – songs even I could sing along to After nine Christmas themed

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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 11 995544 Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” enters the Billboard Pop chart for the first time, seven years after it was recorded. According to Guinness World Records, Bing’s rendition has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. It was the largest selling single in the US and the UK until it was surpassed by Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997”. (Princess Diana version)

#95. The Beach Boys first recording, “Surfin’”, is released on Candis Records, a small L.A. based company. The song was written by Brian Wilson and his cousin Mike Love and recorded with Brian’s brothers, Carl and Dennis and their friend Alan Jardine. Carl played acoustic guitar, Al played double bass and Brian kept time on a garbage can.

119966 22 Alan Freed testifies at his payola trial in New York that he received $2,000 in 1958 from Cognat Distributors for a promise to play their records on his New York radio show. He also accepted a similar deal from Superior Records for $700. He pleads guilty and is fined $300 and given six months 11 9955 77 probation. Dick Clark was also quesBuddy Holly, Fats Domino and Jerry tioned, but is cleared of all charges. Lee Lewis headlined Alan Freed’s 119966 55 show at the Paramount Theatre in New York City. As per the contract, Lou Christie’s biggest song, “Lightning Fats Domino closed the show, follow- Strikes” enters Billboard’s Hot 100 for ing Holly and then Lewis. After Jerry a 15 week stay. Although he would Lee had whipped the crowd into a have many other hits, this would be frenzy, Fats had only a half-filled the- Christie’s only number one. atre to play to. It was the last time he 11 996666 ever insisted on following The Killer. The Monkees topped the Billboard 1199 5588 Hot 100 with the Neil Diamond comThe Phil Spector written “To Know position, “I’m A Believer”. Because of Him Is To Love Him” was the number over a million advance orders, the one song in the US for The Teddy single went Gold two days after its Bears. The trio consisted of Spector release and has now sold over ten along with two friends, Marshall Leib million copies worldwide. Its reign at and Annette Kleinbard. #1 lasted for seven weeks. 1199 5566 Billboard magazine reported that Elvis Presley had the most charting records this year with seventeen. Pat Boone was next with five, followed by Fats Domino, Little Richard and The Platters with three each.

the group. His brother Robin had made the same decision earlier in the year and all three brothers ended up releasing solo material before they would reform in late 1970. Robin was later quoted as saying, “If we hadn’t been related, we would probably never have gotten back together.” 11997711 Melanie Safka led both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers chart with “Brand New Key”, a song that she would later say took her only fifteen minutes to write. 1199 7722 Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” is released in the US where it will reach #1. The tune causes much speculation about who Carly was singing about, with popular guesses that included Mick Jagger (who sang unaccredited backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), her unfaithful fiance William Donaldson, and her ex-husband, James Taylor. At one point, Carly said she was singing about a composite of many men she had known, but later claimed that the song was about openly gay record producer David Geffen.

In a clever publicity stunt, Alexander’s department store in New York stays open late especially so Alice Cooper can do his Christmas shopping. 1199 7733 Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” tops the Cashbox Best Sellers

11 996688 Neil Sedaka signs with RCA Records, where he would enjoy 13 Billboard Just three weeks after being released, Top 40 hits over the next five years. Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it would stay 1199 5599 The Ohio State University Research for 7 weeks. It was Marvin’s 30th US Center finds that, although Rock ‘n’ chart single, but his first number one. Roll is the overwhelming favorite of kids aged 14 to 18, adults aged 19 to 70 For the first time ever, Americans list it as their least favorite form of spent more than $1 billion on records. According to Billboard magazine, music. album sales were 192 million units 11996611 and singles sold 187 million units. The Supremes begin recording their third single, the Smokey Robinson 11 996699 penned “Your Heart Belongs To Me”, The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb announces which will become the group’s first that he is “fed up, miserable and comBillboard charting record, peaking at pletely disillusioned” and is quitting ENIGMA

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chart. The record’s flip side was a song originally called “Screw You”, though the US release re-titled it “Young Man’s Blues” so as not to offend record buyers. 119977 55 An audience member, David Gelfer, aims a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent during one of his Washington concerts. He is immediately taken to the ground by members of the audience and security guards and charged with intimidating with a weapon. 11 997788 Kenney Jones, formerly of The Small Faces, becomes The Who’s drummer, replacing the late Keith Moon who died two months earlier. 11 997799 Former studio musician Rupert Holmes had the last number one record of the seventies with “Escape” (The Pina Colada Song). The tune stayed at the top for two weeks and the follow-up, “Him”, also made the Top 10. Holmes had previously done studio work for The Drifters, The Platters and Gene Pitney. “Escape” made #23 in the UK. 119988 00 Just two months after his 40th birthday, John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman, outside his home at the Dakota Apartment building. After approaching the former Beatle and calling his name, Chapman dropped into a combat stance and shot John in his chest, back and left arm. Although doctors did everything they could to save him, John Lennon


was pronounced dead at 11:07 PM.

Helen Blair (the pilot and co-pilot survived). In fact, the National Pat Benatar receives a Platinum Transportation Safety Board’s 1987 record for her very first album, “In report determined that the fire began the Heat of the Night”. The former in a malfunctioning gas heater. waitress and bank teller was discovered at the Catch a Rising Star club in 119999 55 New York. The album made it to the Dean Martin, who recorded such stanTop Ten and the follow up, “Crimes of dards as “Memories Are Made of This” Passion” went to #2. (#1 in 1955), “Return To Me” (#4 in 1958) and “Everybody Loves Somebody” (#1 in 1964), died of acute respiratory fail11998811 Michael Jackson called Paul ure on Christmas morning at the age McCartney and suggested they write of 78. He had been diagnosed with and record together. Their first effort lung cancer two years earlier. During would result in a US #2 and UK #8 hit, his career Dean recorded over 100 “The Girl Is Mine” in late 1982. albums and placed 17 songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1955 and 1199 8822 1967. He also starred in a popular TV In one of the most successful duets in variety show that ran from 1965 to Christmas music history, and surely 1974 for 264 episodes. Although the strangest, 30-year-old David estranged for many years, his former Bowie and 73-year-old Bing Crosby partner, Jerry Lewis would be quoted achieved the number one song in the in later years as saying, “I wish he UK with “Peace On Earth / Little were here. He was a miracle that God Drummer Boy”. The song had been put in my life and working with him recorded in September, 1977 when was a feeling I’ll never ever forget. Crosby was in Great Britain to tape a There isn’t a day I don’t think about TV special called Merrie Olde him.” Christmas. Having him share a number 119999 77 with Bowie was the brainchild of producers Gary Smith and Dwight Kenny G, whose real name is Kenny Hemion. After the recording circulat- Gorelick, set a world record when he ed as a bootleg for several years, RCA held a note on his soprano saxophone decided to issue it as a single. It has for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. That since become a holiday standard, but record was later broken by Geovanny it is entirely possible that neither Escalante, who held a sax note for 1 Crosby or Bowie were familiar with hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to each other’s work. blow and breathe at the same time. 1199 8844 Motley Crue’s Vince Neil is involved in 11 999999 a car accident that killed his passen- Paul McCartney played The New ger, Hanoi Rocks’ drummer Nick Cavern Club in Liverpool, 35 years “Razzle” Dingley and seriously injures after his last appearance at the origitwo people in another vehicle. He is nal club. The concert is broadcast live arrested and charged with vehicular over the Internet and attracts 50 milmanslaughter and driving under the lion visits. A young fan, who changed influence of alcohol. In July 1986 he his name to John Lennon, won a tickwould be sentenced to a 30 day jail et to the show. The original Cavern term, 5 years probation and $2.6 mil- Club closed in 1973 and was demollion in restitution to the victims of the ished to enable an underground railcrash, as well as 200 hours of commu- way to be constructed. In 1984 the nity service. Vince was released from present building, known as Cavern Walks, was opened on the site and jail after 20 days. contains a rebuilding of the original On New Years Eve, Def Leppard’s Cavern Club in the basement, as well drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm as shops, offices and an internal nineafter crashing his Corvette while rac- storey atrium. The edifice also ing another driver on a UK highway. includes statues of The Fab Four on The arm was re-attached, but had to the outside walls. be removed three days later. His right 2200 0022 arm was also damaged, but he eventually re-joined the band using a spe- Joe Strummer, lead singer for the landmark British punk band The cially adapted drum kit. Clash, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 50. 1199 8855 Rock and Roll legend Rick Nelson was 2200 0055 killed while en route to a New Year’s Eve show in Dallas, Texas. His private The internet search engine Google DC-3 (which was previously owned by announced that Janet Jackson was the Jerry Lee Lewis) crashed in a field most-searched name during the last near DeKalb, Texas. Early press twelve months, with people looking reports erroneously suggested that for pictures from her so-called drug use, namely freebasing, might “wardrobe malfunction” at Super have played a role in the crash that Bowl 38 when she exposed her right killed Rick, his band, and his fiancee breast. ENIGMA

22 0000 66 James Brown, known by all as The Godfather of Soul, died of pneumonia on Christmas morning at the age of 73. He recorded more than 50 albums and had well over 100 songs that hit the US charts, including “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” (#8) in 1965), “I Got You” (#3 in 1965), “Cold Sweat” (#7 in 1967), “Say It Loud” (#10 in 1968) and “Living In America” (#4 in 1986). His final words were reported to have been, “I’m going away tonight.”

22 0011 44 Joe Cocker, whose unique, gravely voice propelled him to stardom in the late 1960s, died of lung cancer at the age of 70. During his forty year career, Cocker placed ten songs on the Billboard Top 40, including the Top 10 hits, “The Letter” (1970), “You Are So Beautiful” (1975) and “Up Where We Belong” with Jennifer Warnes in 1982. 220011 55 Natalie Cole, a nine-time Grammywinning singer and daughter of legendary crooner Nat King Cole, passed away at the age of 65. She placed twelve songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1975 and 1991, including the Top Ten hits, “This Will Be”, “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”, “Pink Cadillac” and “Miss You Like Crazy”.

22 0000 99 The FBI released 333 pages of documents compiled about Michael Jackson between 1992 to 2005. The files revealed that they made several investigations into death threats against him made by obsessed fans, alleged inappropriate involvement between Jackson and an underage 22 001166 male, as well as fears that he may have become the target for terrorists. Vocalist George Michael passed away at the age of 53. In the mid-1980s he paired with Andrew Ridgeley in 22 0011 00 The British government declared the Wham! to score eight Billboard Top 10 Beatles’ famous Abbey Road zebra- hits, including “Wake Me Up Before crossing a national heritage site. You Go-Go”” (#1), “Careless Whisper” Britain’s Minister for Tourism and (#1), “Everything She Wants” (#1), Heritage, John Penrose, said “This “Freedom” (#3) and “I’m Your Man” London zebra crossing is no castle or (#3). As a solo artist, he reached the US cathedral, but thanks to the Beatles Top 40 fifteen more times, including and a 10-minute photo shoot one six number one records, “Faith”, August morning in 1969, it has just as “Father Figure”, “One More Try”, strong a claim as any to be seen as “Monkey”, “Praying For Time” and part of our heritage.” “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”.

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